YCL pickets houses of former royal functionaries

The Maoist youth wing, Young Communist League (YCL), gheraoed the houses of a number of former royalist ministers and other functionaries of the erstwhile royal regime, accusing them of corruption.

Dozens of YCL members gathered in front of the residences of vice-chairman of the erstwhile royal government Dr Tulsi Giri and former ministers Durga Pokharel, Buddhiraj Bajracharya, Rabindra Khanal, Radha Krishna Mainali and Nichhe Shumsher Rana, former chief secretary Lok Man Singh Karki and then regional administrator Jagdish Khadka.

The YCL also picketed the houses of suspended governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Bijay Nath Bhattarai and suspended Armed Police Force (APF) AIG Rup Sagar Moktan.

Demanding that the government immediately initiate action against them, the YCL men asked the locals to 'socially boycott' these ‘corrupt’ people, who have been implicated by the Rayamajhi Commission. The YCL men also warned that they would take action against the corruption-tainted people if the government failed to do so.

YCL valley in-charge Sagar said the government should nationalise the properties of ‘blacklisted’ people and initiate legal action against them According to him, the YCL would disclose names of other ‘corruption-tainted’ people within a few days.nepalnews.com mk Oct 01 07